The Work, the Tragedy and the Ingenuity of the Great War
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Titolo
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The Work, the Tragedy and the Ingenuity of the Great War
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Article Title and/or Image Caption
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The Work, the Tragedy and the Ingenuity of the Great War
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caption 1: What the gun pointer sees through the loop-hole of a German gun shield
caption 2: The armored Italian captain of one of the numerous wire-cutting "Death Companies"
caption3: The Italians now possess heavy siege guns which compare very favorably with the German and Austrian guns
which did such great execution at Liege and Namur at
caption 4: ‘Through the barrel of the gun may be seen Italian soldiers who are hauling this heavy cannon
caption 5: One of the tragedies of the war. The sinking of the
hospital ship "Anglia" with wounded on board, after striking a mine in the English Channel. The remarkable photograph
was taken from one of the rescuing ships just as the
“Anglia” plunged beneath the waves, carrying down many of the wounded and their nurses
caption 6: the opening of the war. The moving of these great guns to lofty positions in the Alps is no mean feat, as may be
seen in the picture, showing thirty men at work
caption 7: Anltaliansoldier wearing a steel helmet and suit
of armor. His company is made up of picked men, whose perilous duty it is to cut the enemies’ barbed wire entanglements before an infantry attack
caption 8: A system of mirrors makes it possible for the Austrian-soldier to fire his rifle without exposing himself
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Autore secondario
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International Film Service (photo)
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American Press Association (photo)
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Illustrated War News (photo)
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Lingua
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eng
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Data di rilascio
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1916-04
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pagine
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514-515
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Diritti
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
